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Corstorphine

Corstorphine proper noun: a suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2073).

Proper noun

Corstorphine (countable and uncountable, plural Corstorphines)

  1. A suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2073).
  2. A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
  3. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn from Old Norse].

Forms of Corstorphine

pluralCorstorphines
alternative formCarstarphen

Origin of Corstorphine

Perhaps from Scottish Gaelic cros (“cross”) + Torfin, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Þorfinnr.

Questions about Corstorphine

What does Corstorphine mean?
Corstorphine means a suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT2073).
What part of speech is Corstorphine?
Corstorphine is a proper noun.

Words near Corstorphine in the dictionary

  1. corsolette
  2. corsolettes
  3. Corson
  4. Corson County
  5. Corsos
  6. Corstorphine
  7. Corstorphines
  8. Cort
  9. cort-
  10. cortactin
  11. cortado

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